Shoe cleaner and dirt dispenser



pril 30, 1929. G.: A. KEENAN SHOE CLEANER AND DIRT DISPENSER' Fired Aug. 17, 1926 LAV 27 ,26 a jtd" Patented Apr. 30, 1929..

NUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE KEENAN, 0F LUS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SHOE CLEANER AND DIRT DISPENSER.

Application `filed ngnst 17, 1926. .Serial 129,722.

` dropped through un @xeninoI in the running' hoard :1nd also the apron l, in@- provided with :in opening;F end having; brushes ineerted therein, so that the sole nndwtop end side portionsot the shoe indy he cleaned, the dirt dropping hehind the apron to the ground. i

.elnother object of my invention is to proride deleetors Connected with the front Semper or sermining` grid to delleet :i `flow o'E nir and prevent mnd sind dust 'from heine' llnown or blown np through the grid on or nhove the running board. d

Another object ot' inv invention is to nrov vide e screen behind the apron heekof the lnfnshes to prevent oil :ind the lijhe from being thrown from the rnnninnj 1einer oit e enr ontwirdly end also to loloel the View from the outside through .the brush device.

n 4tnrther `ohjeot of my .invention is to mount an electric linht or lighter on the shoe hrneh or somper device in order to rendily `illrnrninete it for use et night, which lights oni- V also hele-ift continuously lnnninp; at night when the vehicle is heine: need permitting; the lights to he used osside lights.

My ini'fention `Will he more readily understood troni the Aollorving deseription and il rn Wings, .in Whiohi Figure l is o, perspective view of :i eonihined shoe elenner and dirt dispenser attached to :in entomoliile runningT hoord and the apron connected therewith,

File'. El is longitudinal section tellen on the lino ot Fig. l in the direction of the ari rows, giving.' e rear View ot' the brushes and instep scraper, and

Fig. 5 `is e perspeetive` View oli' a 1nodcalon in which the scraper and brushes are utilized Without the serapinggrid.

ln the drawings the automobile running;

hoard is indieetedl by the numeral l und `the apron connected therewith is indicated `by the ninnerel Vlthe rumjiing hoard has a rentenguler openin Senttherein und the epron is else provide@ with e rectangular opening 4. The agrid for scraping the mud olf from the :roles ot the shoeeie oonstrnoted substantially es follows and designated generally by lthe numeral 5. n suitablerectangular freme having en upper flange extending outwardly over the rnnninefhoaizd und inwardly `extending lower `llelige. 8 mounted in the opening 3 and preferably seoured to thorenning' hoord by bolts 9er the like. Asnitble `Wire or other suitable materiel is secured `in the treme end forms 4e. `device @E or .sera ping .the mnd or otherjdirt of from ,the soles of the shoes. This `rund drops ,throngh `the grid to the `groond. A `:wind deiieotor l1 `extends domm'erdly from theforward edge `of the freine and `curved practically underneath j mounted therein.` These brushes are pretor-V ehly formed of bristle holders 16 inthe form of strips oi snitnhle materiel erich es wood having `lofistles 17 secured therein, the bristle heldere heineK attached` to the` supporting structure by hol 1S lor the like. It will be noted that the central s paeo l5) is left open for `.mesh fabric; l() Whioh may ybe ot heavy Woven insertion ot the foot `:ind that there are lower i sind upper brush elements 2,1 and i0 arranged horizontall),T und the vertical brush 'element thereot'.`

A screper plete porting struetilre ,l2 immediately helowthe opening' 19 by bolts or the like unds adapted i these being adopted to `brush tljiesole and fthe upper part ofthe shoe `and the sides 'io:;1(f1'upotlieuiud'lirouitbeurclioi'ii i shoe or any mud which clings too tight to be removed by the grid 5.

The supporting structure lil is provided with illuminated opeuingn l along the top, these being.;l elongated and haring other openings 25 in the shape oit stars or the liltc beine' more or lesa-vornainentai. 'Il operi u be covered with glass or suitable tran p material. 'the trough 2li entends par around the supporting structure l2 and pre1` crably has a neon light tube 27, this tube being suitably connected by electric wires to a switch in order to give illumination when the shoe cleaning device is being used, or as continuous side lights when the vehicle is being operated, or when passengers are alighting or stepping' into the vehicle.

The metal striiicture forming the trough 2G is preferably continued 'torniing the scr-een 28 back ot the brushes, this f-tcreen preventing oil or the like from being thrown from the operating parts of the automobile against or through the brushes, also restricting dustor the like which would pass through the brush opening and also obscurinrf tl e view of thc underneath mechanism of the car.

In the construction of Fig. 5 I illustrate u shoe brush device and scraper, this being indicated by the numeral 29. The device is constructed ot' an angular plate 30 having a. vertical. flange 3l and a horizontal flange 32, the flange 32 being secured to the running board by screws 33 and the flange 31 being positioned in front ot the opening in the apron oi a motor vehicle. In this device the brushes and the scraper are arranged substantially as shown in the other ligures and this may be provided with the lamp device and with the screen Q8 similar to the above described construction.

A perforated mat 34 made of rubber, leather or the like may be positioned on or attached to the mesh fabric l() and may be reversiblc so that the mat may be on the upper side as shown in Fig. 3 or it may be reversed with the metal fabric on the top.

l Lio utilise a shoe scie i-scraper 35 which is attached to one end of the traine 6 preferably by screws o6 or the like, so that the grid with the niet and the metal fabric thereon nuiy be used it desired without the brush device with the scraper plate S, or it may be used conjointly therewith for scraping the shoes to better advantage.

In order to properly illuminate the scraper and brush device, a reflector 37 is secured on the upper portion ot the brush carrier 12 above the openings 2e, thus reflecting the light downwardly. A bracket 3S is attached to the end et the brush carrier l2 and has a mirror 39 mounted therein, this mirror beingr positioned to receive the light through one oit the openings 25 and to reflect the sanne lengthwise or" the shoe brushing device. i

It :is to be understood that I may utilize the grid by it-sel'l' for scraping the soles ol the shoes or I may se the saine in combination with the brush device und the shoe sole scraper S, or niayuse this sitter construction separately as shown in Fig. 5.

It is manifest moreover that the general construction and 'detail ot my invention may be con ably changed to fuiupt the saine to dirlorent uuiouiobiie conf-iranionic such changes being' within the sy rit ot luy invention as set forth in the description, drawings and claims.

I claim:

l. A shoe cleaner and dirt dispensing dcvice coinprising, in combination, a vehicle running board having an opening therein, a substantially vertical apron having an opening, a frame fitted in the opening in the running board having a scraping grid, and a brush holder 'traine litted into the apron at the openin g, said iframe having brush holders extending longitudinally of the frame.

A. shoe cleaner and dirt 'dispensing device comprising, in combination, a vehicle running board having an opening, a vehicle apron havin an opening, a frame inserted in the opening in the running board, a reversible grid mounted therein, a wind delector securedV to the traine extending below the grid, a brush carrier secured to the apron at the opening, said carrier having an open space extending therethrough, bristle holders attached to the carrier on the upper, lower and side edges of the open space, bristles eX- tending vertically and horizontally from said bristle holers, and a screen attached to the back of the carrier extending downwardly behind the bristles.

3. In a shoe cleaning and dirt dispensing device, the combination of a vehicle ruiming board having an opening, a frame secured to the running board at the opening, a reversible grid having metallic structure on one side and a resilient structure on the other side.

4. In a shoe cleaner and dirt dispensing device as claimed in claim 3 having a shoe sole scraper attached to the frame at one `end above the running board, and a wind deflector extending downwardly :trom the frame below the grid.

5. A shoe cleaner and dirt dispensing device comprising in combination a vehicle running board having a rectangular opening therein, a vehicle apron having a rectangular opening, a trarne fitted in the opening of the running board having a grid mounted therein, a shoe brush carrier attached to the apron at the opening, said carrier having a rectangular' opening, bristle holders extending longitudinally of the carrier at the upper and lower portion of the opening and having bristles extending towards each other, and having vertical bristle holders attached to the ends ol the brush carrier at the opening and bristles therein extending horizontally.

6. In a shoe cleaner device, the combination of a `vehicle apron havingr an opening, a shoe brush carrier secured to the apron at the opening, said carrier having brush elements extending along the top, bottoni and sides of the opening, the brush elements being spaced apart at the center part of the Carrier, and a scraper being attached to the Carrier at such space.

7. In e Shoe cleaner device, the coinbination of a vehicle apron having a substantially rectangular opening therein, a frame httlng in sald opening and having a flange bearing against the outside of the apron, the said frame having an opening therethrough to insert the foot, and a scraper blade at the lower portion of the said latter openinU.

S. In a shoe cleaner device, as claimed in claina 7 the Traino having' a brush holder mounted on each side of the scraper blade, and brush bristles secured therein, the said bristles extending inwardly from the said frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed my nznne to this specification.

GEO. A. KEENAN. 

